DIA 8

Solar power plant · Adams County, Colorado

Nameplate capacity
4.5 MW
Rank in Colorado
#171
of 326 plants
In service since
2023
February 2023

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
Altus Power America Management, LLC
County
Adams County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.02%
Rank among solar plants in Colorado
#63 of 184
EIA plant code
65806

Generating units

Individual generating units at DIA 8
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
528Solar Photovoltaic4.5 MW4.5 MW2023Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 4.5 MW solar plant and a 4.5 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Colorado power plants · What Colorado actually generates